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The Rundown: Cubs Pound Angels, Hoyer’s Lackluster Deadline Paying Huge Dividends, BBWAA Announces New Award

“The sun came out the other day through those dusty clouds. And in my mind I was a child and it felt good!”Ain’t Life Grand by Widespread Panic

The Cubs beat the Angels 12-1 last night, and you no longer need to squint to see some of Jed Hoyer’s better moves. The president of baseball operations could write a book called “The Art of Doing Nothing” and it would be an instant bestseller. He resisted the urge to trade any or all of Matt Shaw, Cade Horton, and Owen Caissie for veteran help, and he looks like a genius in doing so.